The Next Lamborghini Huracan Will Be A Plug-In Hybrid
The next Lamborghini Huracan will be a plug-in hybrid using next-gen battery technology, according to reports.
It’s going to employ solid-state batteries that will carry more charge for less weight than current technologies, the idea being to maintain the car’s admirable dynamic qualities. The Urus SUV is known to be the first Lamborghini to use the petrol-electric setup, but the Huracan will be its first hybrid sports car.
There’s no information about the V10 yet. Will it keep it, or downsize to a turbocharged V8? Or, and you might want to sit down for this, maybe even a blown V6 like the Ford GT? A part-electric turbo V6 drivetrain would easily out-muscle the current V10, after all…
In an interview with Autocar, the company’s boss Stefano Domenicali said:
“The [next] Huracan – that car will need hybridisation. Hybridisation is the answer, not [full] electric.
“There is still a lot of potential for the V12. The right approach for us is to have the V10 and V12 to suit our customers and then be ready to switch [to a hybrid] at the right moment.”
Lamborghini is working with the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on composite materials and alternative battery technologies. The apparent production target for a production hybrid Huracan is the early 2020s.
Sister company Porsche has also been looking at solid-state batteries, but part of Lamborghini’s work with MIT involves trying to differentiate the technologies from rival sports car makers. We hope they can come up with something special.
Source: Autocar
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Audi should do this first. Maybe this fails.
Can we please have a superlegera before this or the sv or something
They’ve said there’s still potential for the V12, so I’d imagine the V10 has more to fight with too. I’m all for this.
Why is this the end to v10 :(
Does this mean that v8 master race?
But why lambo?
Idk does this mean Prius meets lambo?
Man! They were doing so well with the 5.2 V10! I love this thing and it’s sad for me to see it be sacrificed to the gods of hybrids.
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Oh guess what, it’ll be an Asterion! But with a V6! I’m cool with that as long as the performance doesn’t disappoint us compared to competitors!
Guys, not much to mourn here…Lamborghinis are sh3t compared to McLarens and not to mention the McLarens only use V8s. Also, what happened, when Lamborghini took the Nurburgring record with its V10 from a V8 car‘s previous record? Got it’s ass destroyed by a f#cking flat 6! So, if Lamborghini‘s Huracan needs to become a V6 Hybrid Asterion and the Aventador‘s successor a V8 Hybrid makes them more competitive with McLaren because they hardly are at all, then I am all for it!
What about the R8
I can’t say they will break what we love about lamborghini, but I think it will be very difficult to bring a true lamborghini that is hybrid.
I just hope they know what they’re doing.
In what sense? Wasn’t everyone already mad that Huracan lost its mojo? I have not unfortunately driven one but I don’t know what exactly makes a Lamborghini a Lamborghini. I suspect the naturally aspirated revy engine, crazy design and so on. Neither of these things will be effected by a extra electric engine.
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